Lela Rose: A Waft of Unearthly Lightness in Silk Robes

Lela Rose: A Waft of Unearthly Lightness in Silk Robes
A view of atmosphere during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014 at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on February 9, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)
Ingrid Longauerová
2/9/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

NEW YORK—The fourth day of New York Fashion Week Fall 2014 Collection was an ideal sunny Sunday with clear skies. Fortunately, the day’s lightness didn’t fade as we entered the dark Saloon of Lincoln Center where Lela Rose show was about to start.

The collection is sure to be a guide to layers on the fashion horizon. It started with down to Earth grey cotton moving to shimmering, lightweight silk robes.

There were feathers too, borrowing some art-deco inspiration, making the collection even more airy. While some models floated in light silk dresses sweeping the ground, matching satin suits in royal blue offered a feminine way of wearing slim trousers.

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Shimmering details such as embroidered crystals and shiny fabrics added to the collection’s feeling of unearthly lightness. Small crystals even made their way onto models’ faces.

Long elegant dresses with cropped, see-through tops and embroidered crystals exemplify how Lela Rose’s play with layers, has given classical evening attire a completely new look.

Bringing the collection back to the Earth was some good-old peplum and 1950s-shaped dresses. It seemed like this trend didn’t want to leave the runway. But what’s sure, the next fall season we’ll see glamor femininity with a shimmer.  

 

Ingrid Longauerová is a long time employee at the Epoch Media Group. She started working with The Epoch Times as a freelance journalist in 2007 before coming to New York and work in the Web Production department. She is currently a senior graphic designer for the Elite Magazine, a premier luxury lifestyle magazine for affluent Chinese in America produced by the EMG.
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